HARLINGEN, Texas President Donald Trump arrived in Texas on Tuesday with echoes of a second impeachment ringing in Congress and palpable disquiet at the nation s border with Mexico less than a week after his supporters attempted a violent takeover of the nation s Capitol.
For the president, whose term ends next week, the visit to the tall steel and concrete barrier near the Rio Grande served to close the book that opened when he launched his presidential campaign more than five years ago: to build a wall that would stem the tide of unauthorized immigration. Everyone here today is part of an incredible success story, the president said to front-line border security officers and others. This is a real success story. When I took office, we inherited a broken, dysfunctional and open border. Everybody was pouring in at will.
3 billboards memorialize hundreds of COVID-19 victims in Rio Grande Valley
Signs erected on highways in Weslaco, McAllen and Edinburg
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HIDALGO COUNTY – More than 2,000 people in Hidalgo County have died as a result of COVID-19. Now, three new billboards are going up in the area as a way of honoring those who lost their lives.
“What better way than to memorialize it in a picture, on a billboard where it can become a permanent display of who they are and what they looked like so that we can remember them,” said Hidalgo County Judge Richard Cortez.
The billboard project began back in November. Cortez asked his community to submit photos of their loved ones who lost their lives to the pandemic.
Hundreds jailed, thousands ticketed for violating South Texas COVID restrictions Twilight in the Rio Grande Valley. (Source: Miguel Gutierrez Jr., The Texas Tribune) By KCBD Staff | December 20, 2020 at 4:44 PM CST - Updated December 28 at 12:38 AM
The day that Dallas salon owner Shelley Luther was arrested for reopening her business in defiance of Texas emergency stay-home orders, Robin Torres sat in a county jail 500 miles away facing the consequences of his own failure to follow such rules.
Luther became a conservative darling this spring for her provocation, spending two days in custody on contempt of court charges. Largely in response to her case, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott eventually prohibited the authorities from jailing anyone for violating the stay-home orders established to stop the spread of COVID-19.
Hidalgo County launches ad campaign honoring local lives lost due to COVID-19
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Hidalgo County on Monday announced the launch of a new advertising campaign honoring the lives lost due to the coronavirus.
The advertising campaign shares the photos of Hidalgo County residents who died due to the virus.
Hundreds of residents submitted photos of their loved ones after an announcement on social media was posted by the Hidalgo County Judge s Office.
Along with the billboard, a slideshow will also be posted on the county website and social media account, according to a news release from Hidalgo County.
South Texas restrictions were meant to protect people from COVID-19. Then the handcuffs and ticket books came out.
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The day that Dallas salon owner Shelley Luther was arrested for reopening her business in defiance of Texas emergency stay-home orders, Robin Torres sat in a county jail 500 miles away facing the consequences of his own failure to follow such rules.